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Mercedes-Benz bins new EV platform after slow sales – report

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Mercedes-Benz recently softened its electric vehicle (EV) sales goals , and now it has reportedly cancelled one of its next-generation EV platforms. EQS Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz announced it was delaying its target for EVs and plug-in hybrids to account for 50 per cent of its global vehicle sales from 2025 to 2030.

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Tesla May Not Hit Its Lofty Sales Goals

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Happy Wednesday! It’s December 27, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Tesla Doesn’t Appear To Be Chasing 20 Million Annual Sales Anymore

Carscoops

Watch: Elon Musk Isn’t Sure If Tesla Will Build 10 Million Or 20 Million Vehicles Each Year However, Tesla’s 2023 impact report, there is no mention of the ambitious 20-million-sales target, simply saying its “goal is to displace fossil fuels by selling as many Tesla products as possible.”

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The Top 10 Skills of a Successful Automotive Sales Manager

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The Top 10 Skills of a Successful Automotive Sales Manager Leadership can make or break a dealership. Here are 10 skills that successful Automotive Sales managers have in common. What is an Automotive Sales Manager? Typical characteristics and skills you want to see in a sales manager include: 1.

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F-150 Sales Slump Spurs Ford’s Controversial Dealer Incentive Plan

Carscoops

With sales of the F-Series dropping 10% this year, Ford is eager to get rid of old stock. After witnessing a 10% decline in F-Series sales from 170,377 units in the first quarter of 2023 to 152,943 trucks this year, Ford is keen to clear out-of-date models from showrooms.

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Tesla’s Revenues Lower Than Expected In Q4, Says Sales Growth Will Slow Down In 2024

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Tesla has suggested that their growth in sales could slow this year, after announcing lower revenues than originally anticipated by analysts. ” One of the reasons why Tesla isn’t anticipating a significant jump in sales this year is because it has already significantly cut prices and likely cannot reduce them much further.

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EVALUATE YOUR DEALERSHIP SALES TEAM PERFORMANCE

Dealer World

Evaluating your dealership’s sales team performance may seem as simple as looking at the bottom line, but in today’s market, it’s actually a very complicated equation. Here’s what to look at to evaluate sales team performance and keep your people working at peak efficiency. But what are these experts seeing that you might be missing?